Selden, John
IOANNIS SELDENI UXOR EBRAICA : SEU, DE NUPTIIS - Selden, John - 1646. [1222351]Londini : Typis Richardi Bishopii,. 1646. Hardback. 1st Edition. Modern Boards. 8vo. [22], 630, [2] p. ; 20 cm. In Latin with some Hebrew throughout. Translates roughly as ?John Selden: The Jewish Wife. Or, on Marriage and Divorce in the Civil Law and Reigious and Talmudic Code of the Hebrews. Book Three. ? John Selden (1584 ?1654) was an English jurist ? member of parliament? and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution (as well as a) scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath showing true intellectual depth and breadth; John Milton hailed Selden ... ?the chief of learned men reputed in this land?? In 1646 (he published his) treatise on marriage and divorce among the Jews entitled Uxor Ebraica. ? (Wikipedia, 2016) This is the rare 1st Edition of that work. SUBJECT(S) : Marriage (Jewish law) . Title page is worn. Overall in about very good condition. (BR-11-27) .
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